Package-tie.



H. H. WERGES.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 19|?- Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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HERMAN H. WERGES, 0F EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS.

PACKAGE-TIE.

applicati@ ined september 13, 1917. serial No. 191,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN H, Walaeus, a citizen of the United States, reslding at East Alton, in the county of Madison and f State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a.full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and4 use the same.

This invention rela-tes to a new. and useful package tie and has for its object among others, to provide a simple, cheap and in-l expensive one, which s of durable and substantial design, and which can be quickly and readily manipulated to effectively secure and bind a package or packages into a neat and compact bundle.

With thesel and other objects in view the invention comprises the various novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described hereinafter and specifically claimed.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my novel construction of package tie operatively attached to a package or bundle.

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the package tie showing the manner of attaching-the cord 0r other flexible element thereto.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the'pack-v age tie with the flexible element woun around one end thereof, and

Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal sectional View taken on theline 4 4 of Fig. 2.

'Similar characters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts throughout the accompanying drawmgs and the following description.

In order that the construction and operation of the invention may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated an approved embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings and will no'w proceed to fully describe the same, in connection with said drawings, in which the reference numeral l indicates an elongated base plate, the opposite side edges disposed opposite to one another and at a point adjacent lthe smaller endv of the base plate.

The smaller end of the base plate, is provided with an eyelet 5, which has one of its circumferential flanges 6 countersunk within the bottom face of the base plate so that the latter may rest flat upon the package to be tied. A flexible element such as a cord or the like 7 has one end extended through the eyelet 5 and is rigidly secured to the small end of thevbase plate by tying the end bf the flexible element'thereto.

The opposite or larger end of the base I' i plate is provided-with a countersunk aper,'-

' ture 8. A disk 9 is provided centrally with an aperture'd boss l0 arranged to rest on the base plate in axial alinement with the coun-v tersunk aperture l8 and serves to space the disk from the base plate a suflicient distance .to enable the-flexible element to be wound around the -boss and frictionall wedged or held 'betweenfthe disk and the ase plate in juxtapositioned coils in an effective manner against casual disconnection.

' The outer side of the boss 10 is provided 'with a countersink 11 disposed in axial alinement with the boss aperture.I Disposed through the apertured boss and the countersunkaperture of the base plate is an attaching eyelet 12, one of the circumferential langes of which rests in the countersink of the aperture 8 while the other circumferential llange rests within the countersink 11, said eyelet serving to securely attach the disk to the base plate. By disposing the lower circumferential flange of the eyelet wit-hin the countersink of the aperture 8, the base plate may. rest flat upon any package to which the tie is to be applied.

In order to facilitate easy winding o f the flexible element around the boss l0 between the disk and the base plate, the circumferential edge of the disk isbent and curved laterally away from the base plate as indicated by the numeral 13.

To attach the package tie, the baseplate` "fquartefof a turn around beneath the disk,

then extended transversely around the package and wound around beneath the disk until the end of the flexible element is taken up, thus elfectively securing or tying the package into a compact bundle.

When the package tie is not in use the flexible element is Wound transversely around the base plate through the notches 4 so that all liability ofl the flexible element becoming entangled Will be eliminated and at the same time allow of the package tie to be packed into the smallest possible space for keeping or for shipment. noted that the notches 4 are of such depth that when the flexible velement is Wound around the base plate through them that the outermost coil of the element will be disposed Within the converging lines of the side edges of the base plate, thus leaving no projecting edges.

I claim:

A cord fastener for arp'ackage tie comprising in combination With the hase plate having a countersunk aperture, Va. disk hav- It Will be ing a central apertured boss resting on said base plate in axial alinernent with said countersunk aperture thereof, said boss having a countersink in its outer side, the eirculnferential edge of said disk being curved laterally from said base plate, and an eyelet disposed through said apertured boss and countersunk aperture of the base plate and provided at opposite -ends with circu1nferential flanges resting in said boss eountersink and the countersunk aperture of the base plate, the bottom of the eyelet resting in the same plane With the bottom of the base plate to present a smooth under surface.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HERMAN H. WERGES. 

